Improvement in wardrobe-bedsteads



Patented Feb. 20

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WARDROBE BEDSTEAD.

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UNITED STATES v Pernrrr "FFICE.

FREDERICK 'OAULIER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENT TO THE NEW ENGLAND WARDROBE BEDSTEAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WARDROBE-BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 187,454, dated February 20, 1877; application filed November 10, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK OAULIER, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe-Bedsteads and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my bedstead opened. Fig. 2 is a similar view of same closed. Fig. 3 is a side eleva-- tion, and Fig. 4 a perspective view of the bedstead.

My invention has reference to the wardrobebedstead for which Letters Patent of the United States, dated October 17, 1876, No. 183,367 ,were issued and granted to me.

My present improvements have for their object to simplify the construction and increase thei efficiemy and convenience of the bedstead shown and described in the specifi fication forming part of said Letters Patent.

Said improvements consist in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth. v

In the bedstead described in said patent the head-board (which foms a counter-balance for the body) is jointed to said body. With my present improvements this joint or con nection is dispensed with, the head-board, however, actingas a counter-balance, as heretofore. So, too, in the present case, the sliding board hinged to the underside of the body rolls on the upper surface of the part representing the projecting base of the wardrobe, instead of in grooves in the sides of said part, thus permitting said board to be raised, and allowing said base to be utilized for the reception of bed-clothing or indispensable toilet adjuncts.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A A represent the two posts, grooved vertically at a a, for the reception of the sliding head-board B. 0 0 show the side rails, which, with the bottom board D and supplemental head-board E, constitute the body of the bed. Said supplemental head-board E is furnished at each end with an anti-friction roller, 6, moving in grooves a a which are continuations of the grooves a, the latter being of diminished depth, or out near their lower extremities, so as to form shoulders a F is a projecting base or foot, formed of the two side pieces f f and front board f, which connects said sides. G is a board, hinged to the bottom D at g g, and provided with antifriction rollers g g, which ride on the upper surfaces of the sides f f, or on shoulders formed by rabbeting such upper surfaces or edges. Said board G thus forms the top or cover of the base F, and being hinged and arranged, as described, may be lifted or thrown back to admit access to the interior of said base, for the purposes specified.

H H are the hinged legs, which support the foot of the bed, being arranged to fold toward each other, as'shown plainly in Fig. 4., when the body is elevated to represent a wardrobe. When so folded, said legs occupy recesses d d, formed by cutting away the bottom board D.

The shoulders a, in the grooves 00,.arrest the head-board B in its descent, so that when the bodyis elevated the lower edge of said headboard will be some distance above the supplemental board E.

When the body is being lowered, the board E meets the lower edge of the head-board A,

at which time the latter begins to act as a counterpoise, ascending in the grooves on until the legs H meet the floor, said legs beingshoulders at for arresting the descent of the In testimony that I claim the foregoing I said head-board, as set forth. have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of 3. In combination with the elevating-body, November, 1876. the hinged hoard Gr, resting'and moving on- FREDERICK OAULIER. or above the projecting base F, permitting Witnesses:

.access to the interior of said base, substan- GEO. G. SHELMERDINE,

tially as shown and described. M. DANL. GONOLLY. 

